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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tyler Do'Urden" data-source="post: 819686" data-attributes="member: 4601">I'm getting this setting.... wow, am I ever getting this setting.This sounds like what I've been looking for for awhile- a dark fantasy setting with a Tolkienesque bent- not Tolkienesque as in has elves, dwarves, and orcs- but as in has a similiar approach to good and evil, heroism, separation from the divine, magic levels, history, etc... when I first read the history of the setting in the sample, I knew exactly how this game was conceived:"Hey, what would Middle Earth be like if Sauron won the war of the Ring?  Maybe we should make a setting out of it..."And that's a thought that I give a big thumbs up. (Not evil victorious, but playing a game where evil was victorious)But I've got a couple of questions:I understand how heroic paths work, and that they're applied to PC's, but what about NPC's?  Do only "heroes" get them, or do villains and servants of evil get them as well?  Should everyone who takes a PC class (not an NPC class) get one?  How do you determine this?The power of all the base races has been increased- however, has the power of the halfbreeds from the PH been increased (Half-Orcs and Half-Elves)?  Were they left the same (which I would consider vastly unfair, as I thought they were already the two weakest races)?  Were they removed in favor of the new half breeds listed above, or do they still exist?Is there any section in the book that discusses which Monster Manual creatures and races exist in this world and how they are applied?  I've thought that the 3e settings to date have done a poor job of handling this.  One of the most important elements of defining a fantasy setting is deciding where the different creatures "fit" in the ecology and history of the world.  The Forgotten Realms, for instance, has a notoriously bad track record in this department.  A better job of this has been done by Dragonlance, but it would still be nice to see a good list of "what's in and what's out".What are the core classes?  How many are there?  Were the Barbarian, Rogue, and Fighter unchanged from their PH equivalent?  Is there a class anything like the Bard?Were any prestige classes included?  Are their any guidelines for adapting prestige classes from other sources?  How do the class (core and prestige) power levels compare to that of those from the core books and splatbooks?</blockquote>

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